Thanks to everybody for voting in the silly little poll, it went way better than I expected. I’m so pleased you all were willing to play along, it was a sweet Valentines week gift! The matchups continue but I think I’ll leave it alone, contests make me nervous. I hope you got to know John Moe a bit better, for he is amazing. Also, buy his book.

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The cupcake looks hugely yummy. Iâ€™ve been having my bread machine need for me then baking it in real pans.
I had a pleasant day. I went grocery shopping made a candy gram and made a nice dinner. I used candy bars to spell out a valentineâ€™s message. I love the little grocery store I go to they have really neat titled hard to find candy bars with names like Look and big hunk. I made homemade candy early in the week.
I think I want to make more nice dinners.

How did the bolgenese sauce turn out – was it really as good as they made it out to be in O magazine? I’ve been very tempted to make it after reading that article, but have been putting it off for fear of disappointment. =)

Jesse – I think the recipe I used would make a dozen regular cupcakes. It make four and a half large cupcakes, it could make five if you evenly divided the batter.

Natasha – It was good, definitely worth it, but you might want to compare it to the various Bolognese recipes at marthastewart.com. I used a lean ground beef since it’s all the store I went to had, I think beef with more fat would have been better. The Martha Stewart recipes often to half beef half pork and I think that would have tasted even better. Be sure to chop the vegetables very fine, and putting the pancetta into the freezer for ten minutes helps to firm it up for chopping. The flavors in the bolognese sauce didn’t come together until the third hour of simmering, then it was amazing, so give yourself the full time the recipe calls for.

I just bought the king-sized muffin pans (and liners) at my local Michael’s store in Richmond, BC so I bet most people should still be able to find them at their local stores. Thanks for highlighting them, Megan! I think they will be lots of fun to decorate…and eat!